Four natural ingredients for a tight and glowing skin

As we grow older our skin becomes more sagging, less firm and loses its glow. Here are four natural ingredients for a tight and glowing skin.

1. Leontopodium alpinum, or Edelweiss, is a rare herb that grows on mountain ranges in the Pyrenees, the Alps, and the Himalayas. Its concentrated extracts possess powerful protective effects associated with signs of premature aging from sun exposure (i.e., photoaging) and more including:

    

   *Providing visible face and neck lifting action
   *Tightening sagging neck skin
   *Lifting the cheeks
   *Smoothing out crow’s feet wrinkles
   *Combatting against oxidative stress (e.g., pollution, UV radiation)

2. Plantago lanceolata (Plantain), is a perennial plant from Eurasia with oval, ribbed short-stemmed green leaves. Research indicates its collagen-synthesizing effects help:

    

   *Reduce visible signs of aging and smooth the skin
   *Improve skin density and thickness
   *Brighten age-related pigment spots

3. Squalene is an oil produced naturally in the body. It’s key to having supple, young-looking skin that is soft to the touch. However, squalene production decreases naturally with age, slowing down drastically after age thirty, resulting in dry, wrinkled skin.

4. Sodium Hyaluronate (SH) has shown to hydrate the skin and accelerate the repair of damaged skin. In fact, one gram of SH can hold up to 6L of water! It soaks up moisture like a sponge. As a result, it “plumps” the appearances of wrinkles, leaving smooth skin behind.